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The Don Lemon Snow Job
This week, Elon Musk, known for his unpredictable moves, hired former CNN host Don Lemon to host a show and surprisingly fired him before his show premiered. Don Lemon was expected to kick off his new show on X with an interview with Elon Musk.
In his typical fickle fashion, Musk agreed to the interview but swiftly decided to part ways with Lemon. Not wasting a moment, Lemon went on CNN to interview about the unexpected turn of events. Appearing on Out Front with Erin Burnett, Lemon shared some insights from his interview with Musk.
Making Lemons Out Of Lemonade
According to Lemon, when pressed for answers, Musk said, “I don’t have to answer questions from reporters. Don, I’ve only done this interview because you’re on the prestigious X platform, and you asked for it. Otherwise, I would not have done this interview.”
Lemon also stated that there were some tense moments during the Elon Musk interview. In April 2023, CNN fired Don Lemon from his CNN This Moring show.
In late this February, CNN agreed to pay Don Lemon $24.5 million to settle the remainder of his 3.5-year contract.
Don Lemon’s separation from CNN was not without controversy. It came after he commented on Republican professional candidate Nikki Haley, suggesting she was past her prime. A heated conversation with Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy followed this controversy with Haley. Lemon challenged Ramaswamy’s understanding of African American history. CNN took a firm stance against Lemon’s actions, leading to his departure.
And as they say, the rest is history. CNN fired Lemon to appease Haley and Ramaswamy. As some people have suggested, there is no evidence that Musk got a call from Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy about Lemon working at X. Lemon told Erin Burnette that he’d asked Musk about Donald Trump. Trump is an old nemesis of Don Lemon from his days on CNN.
In response to Lemon’s CNN interview, Elon Musk posted on X. “His approach was just ‘CNN, but on social media,’ which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying.” Later, News Nation’s “Cuomo,” Bill O’Reilly echoed those same “dying” sentiments about CNN.
Elon Musk Felt Duped?
Perhaps Mr. Musk felt Don Lemon was duping him. Consequently, he backed out of the Don Lemon Show deal.
Historically, whenever Musk realizes he is being duped, he goes scurrying. When Musk first attempted to purchase Twitter, he soon realized he was deceived. He then tried to back out of that deal. It took the Courts to enforce that Twitter sale.
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